Civil Society and Media Management

Karel

About This Program

Purpose: To contribute to the development of an effective and united voice of civil society in Kwa-Zulu Natal, through supporting and capacitating the KZN CSO Coalition.

Why? Civil society remains fragmented and has been unable to effectively engage government as partners about the implementation of a transformational development agenda. As a result, the voice of CSOs has been relegated to a few co-opted organisations that often speak on our behalf without a mandate.

How?

Hosting an annual conference that brings CSOs together to talk about:

Building partnerships between CSOs and government at all levels;

Debate critical policy issues affecting civil society;

Supporting the network of CSOs in the province through providing a space for dialogue and discussion at DDP and

Offering capacity building programmes to strengthen the work of members of the coalition

CSOs a have a huge role to play in sending out information on issues beneficial to the upliftment of the communities they serve and exposing the real issues faced by their communities. This information however, cannot be picked up if not well written in the organisation’s media platforms. The hands-on workshop gave an opportunity to CSO member to do practical exercises and group tasks on how to structure and formulate a strategic plan to produce to the point, well-structured media communication to inspire action. The skills learnt from this workshop were praised by participating CSOs as great skills that will assist them in amplifying awareness on issues they advocate for and write well-structured and to the point proposals for funding in the future.